LS2C: Ecosystems Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience

Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.*

Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.

Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.

Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.*

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.*